Mine detail: Tormey Mine

Previously called 'GreenhornTormayTornayTorney'

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Location

Lat / long: 45.10545, -113.98286

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper, Silver
Ore: Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Malachite
Gangue: Limonite, Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form: BANDS, MASSES

Production

Operation type: Underground
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1918

Geology

Host rock:Yellowjacket Formation
Host type:Quartzite

References

MRDSW013362
MAS160590092
DEP10105630
Reference{Deposit:: Anderson, A. L., 1956, Geology And Mineral Deposits Of The Salmon Quadrangle, Lemhi County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 106, 102 P.}{Deposit:: Umpleby, E.L., 1913, Geology And Ore Deposits Of Lemhi County, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 528}{Deposit:: Ross, C.P., 1925 , The Copper Deposits Near Salmon, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 774 , 44 P.}{Deposit:: V.E. Mitchell, Et Al., Mines And Prospects Of The Elk City Quad., IBMG Mines And Prospects Map Series}{Production:: Anderson, A.L., 1956 , Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 106 , 102 P.}
ReporterMiller, Pat J., Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.), Western Field Operations Center (WFOC)